Bon Pigall, heck of a research vessel

... written for Panbo by Ben Ellison and posted on Feb 8, 2007

Bon Pigall helm

Well, now, couldn’t we have some fun on this handsome beast! Bon Pigall is a new 24 meter water jet powered aluminum research vessel that’s pretty fast and pretty nicely appointedBon Pigall fast (other photos show teak decks, for instance). She was built in Spain and much of the PR material sent to me is in that language—which I lack—but I do know that she has a dynamic positioning system and carries a serious looking “robot submarino”. Speaking of serious, how about that Simrad crammed helm above (bigger here ), which includes Olex 3D bathymetry? Then there’s the monitor crammed cabin beneath the bridge, which is the control center for the submarino. The electronics are the work of a Barcelona company called Medenisa, whose site doesn’t have Bon Pigall info yet, but does list some serious megayacht setups the firm has installed. Medenisa developed the DP system with WCM Controls, and says it a first for this size vessel.

Bon Pigall ROV room

Comments

Wow...that is one sexy powerboat (never thought I would say that)

Posted by: Eliboat at February 9, 2007 10:30 AM | Reply

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